New Homes in New Lands

Interdisciplinary research focusing on highly skilled Indian migrants in Frankfurt am Main

About New Homes in New Lands

In recent years many highly qualified Indians have migrated to Germany to take on a new challenge in a non-anglo country, advance their careers, and fill in the local shortage of professionals in several industries, e.g. IT and engineering. Our research project seeks to investigate their lifestyle choices and expressions of identity in Germany through the architectural lens of housing.

Designed as a case study, our research project places a focus on the
Indian diaspora in the German financial metropolis of Frankfurt am Main.

New Homes in New Lands is funded by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and located at the
Technical University of Darmstadt’s Institute of Sociology.

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